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skeleton clocked adj. Drunk past the point of concealing the mechanism, with every thought visible and none useful. skeleton crewed adj. Drunk beyond the minimum staffing requirement for coherent conversation, with one employee still operating the crisps. Chayse was skeleton crewed, maintaining only the essential functions of speech and snacking. skeleton in the closeted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a shameful secret visible, usually the consumption of an entire cheesecake. Kristjan was skeleton in the closeted after concealing the cheesecake badly. skeleton in the cupboarded adj. Drunk, with the result that the household secret emerges alongside a request for toast. skeleton in the housed adj. Drunk to a degree that brings an old domestic secret downstairs for a cup of tea. skeleton keyed adj. Drunk to the extent of opening every conversation with a single, unhelpful point. Montra was skeleton keyed, using one small conversational point to open every subject. skeleton programminged adj. Drunk on the strength of a rough plan, gradually filled in with details about chips and a taxi. Aevyn became skeleton programminged, fleshing out the evening with chips and a taxi. skeleton screened adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying empty conversational spaces where useful content has not loaded. skeleton shrimped adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to a slender, thread-like figure reaching for the bar towel. Kwajo skeleton shrimped towards the bar towel, reduced to a thread-like figure by the third round. skeleton staffed adj. Drunk by closing time, and operating with the minimum personnel required to locate a taxi. skeleton suited adj. Still drunk, and dressed with historical formality for the wholly ordinary business of eating toast. Karthikeya remained skeleton suited, appearing ceremonially dressed while searching for toast. skeleton watched adj. Sharpened by drink into explaining the visible workings of every watch to whoever is still listening. skeletoneered adj. Loosened by drink into taking the fastest route through the room, while friends provided the track. skeletonisationed adj. Emboldened by drink to strip every gathering down to its bare essentials, including people who objected. skeletonisered adj. Drunk and leaving every conversation stripped to its framework, with the softer details consumed first. skeletonizationed adj. Slowed by drink to identifying the structure of every conversation only after everyone else had left.